NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Equipment Query EQ08-013: ARVINMERITOR WHEEL END STUDS

Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Equipment Query EQ08-013 on November 3, 2008 and closed it on March 4, 2009. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Arvinmeritor Trailer Axle Hubs for it and links 9 recalls to it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number: EQ08-013 (also written EQ08013)
Investigation type: Equipment Query An administrative investigation that reviews recall reports to confirm that the equipment suppliers and vehicle manufacturers involved in an equipment recall have filed the recall reports required of them.
Status: Closed March 4, 2009
Opened: November 3, 2008
Closed: March 4, 2009
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer: Meritor, Inc.
Components: Power Train — Axle Assembly; Power Train — Axle Hubs; Wheels — Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
Recalls linked by NHTSA: 08V-591: WHEEL END STUDS/ARVINMERITOR, reported November 14, 2008
08V-605: WHEEL END STUDS/ARVINMERITOR, reported November 14, 2008
08V-621: WHEEL STUDS/ARVINMERITOR, reported November 24, 2008
08V-660: WHEEL END STUDS/ARVINMERITOR, reported December 15, 2008
08V-665: WHEEL END STUDS/ARVINMERITOR, reported December 16, 2008
09V-007: WHEEL END STUDS/ARVINMERITOR, reported January 9, 2009
09V-012: WHEEL END STUDS/ARVINMERITOR, reported January 13, 2009
09V-045: WHEEL END STUDS/ARVINMERITOR, reported February 5, 2009
09V-067: WHEEL END STUDS/ARVINMERITOR, reported February 23, 2009
Vehicles and equipment: Arvinmeritor Trailer Axle Hubs

NHTSA's summary

As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Equipment Query EQ08-013.

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ON 6/5/2008 ARVINMERITOR FILED A DEFECT REPORT STATING CERTAIN WHEEL END STUDS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY PRODUCED HUBS/AXLES WITH THESE STUDS, MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY HEAT TREATED DURING PRODUCTION.IF A WHEEL STUD FRACTURES, THE REMAINING WHEEL STUDS CAN BECOME STRESSED LEADING TO THE FRACTURING OF ADDITIONAL WHEEL STUDS.SHOULD THE WHEEL OF A VEHICLE EXPERIENCE ANY WHEEL STUD FRACTURES, THE WHEEL COULD DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE AND CAUSE A CRASH.RMD MAILED 32 COMPANIES INFORMATION REQUEST LETTERS ON 11/4/08.

ANOTHER IR LETTER WAS MAILED TO NON-RESPONDING COMPANIES ON 12/19/08.

OF THOSE 32 COMPANIES, 9 WERE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS THAT DECIDED TO FILE DEFECT REPORT WITH NHTSA.THE OTHER 23 COMPANIES WERE EITHER NOT VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS OR REPAIRED THE EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO RETAILING THEIR VEHICLES.THE FOLLOWING RECALLS WERE ISSUED AS A RESULT OF THIS EQ:INNOVATIVE TRAILER:09V-067 TRAILMOBILE:08V-660M H EBY, INC:08V-621 MANAC INC:08V-665TIFFIN:09V-045NEVILLE WELDING: 09V-012PIERCE MFG: 08V-591SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARATUS: 08V-605MAUER MFG: 09V-007IR RESPONSES CAN BE FOUND BELOW OR IN THE DOCUMENT REPOSITORY.THIS EQ IS CLOSED.

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Equipment Query EQ08-013. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.

Arvinmeritor

Arvinmeritor Trailer Axle Hubs
- model year not given

What an NHTSA investigation is

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.

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Sources

NHTSA's investigation record for EQ08-013

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